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Mega Pack
Canopic Jar (T7 Potion)
Sarcophagus (Decoration)
Sacred Scarab (Wall Decoration)
Nilean Noble Hair/Nilean Noble Robes (Avatar Items)
Blueprints
Nothing worth noting.
From a crafting perspective
It’s a metal item, Plasma Saber exists etc etc. Whilst it has no way to lower its essence cost it is nice to see it back to 6 instead of 7 – essentially the reduction has been baked in freeing up a milestone for another reduction (yes it’d be nice if we had got the baseline of 5 from the earlier t13 stuff but hey an improvement is an improvement.)
We’ve had so many metal items recently honestly just pick whatever you’re in the mood for, maybe decide by most meta use so you can sell for higher on market.
For DI it’s a ring, it ain’t got a snowballs chance in Hell of being worth using for it.
From a meta perspective
A new best-in-slot ring, used everywhere where the classes can afford the affinity to spare. It’s really loved by Praetorians as it frees them from having to run double dawn thief items. Bishops are also a major fan if they wish to go a more offensive route (swap this in to replace Dragon Sacred Gem.)
Decorations
Avatar Items
Superior Pack
Nilean Dawn (T13 Axe)
Hieroglyphs (Wallpaper)
Nilean Tiles (Flooring)
Blueprints
From a crafting perspective1
It’s a metal item, Plasma Saber exists etc etc. Whilst it has no way to lower its essence cost it is nice to see it back to 6 instead of 7 – essentially the reduction has been baked in freeing up a milestone for another reduction (yes it’d be nice if we had got the baseline of 5 from the earlier t13 stuff but hey an improvement is an improvement.)
We’ve had so many metal items recently honestly just pick whatever you’re in the mood for, maybe decide by most meta use so you can sell for higher on market.
This is better than the mega pack ring in that it uses steel instead of jewel which has a faster regen rate.
From a Meta perspective
Axes (along with a few other weapon types) struggle to find a place for best-in-slot lists because of their disappointingly low attack values. They normally only manage to find a spot by having an affinity that was lacking there before but the Nilean Dawn is not bringing anything new to the table.
In short, nope.
From a crafting perspective
Hey it’s a non-metal print! The nicest of the tier 13 items in this set in terms of crafting (and again we see base 6 essence with no reduction options.) Not a bad option for your crafting rotation, though if you picked up the Voidwalker print from the last superior pack you may wish to stick with that instead.
Whilst thematically the silk scarab use in this pack is on point it is causing some Precious Shells flashbacks.
From a Meta perspective
An alternative for Bishops if you wanted to keep on the defence the Banner of Nilea2 is a straight upgrade from the Dragon Sacred Gem. This is quite a nice cloak in general so long as you can work it in around any affinity you might have to trade off for using it.
Flooring/Wallpaper
Summary
- The wallpaper I have been longing for.
- Now I need some new rack skins to match it please Kabam.
- A new best-in-slot ring and cloak.
- Praetorians finally get to be free from one of the dawn thief pieces.
Final Score
Mega Pack: 8/10
Superior Pack: 8/10
Pharaoh Rei’s Rating: 11/10
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